Literary_Language

Literary Language Figurative Language - Language using figures of speech, such as simile, hyperbole, metaphor, symbolism and personification to form imagery is figurative language. It is used to increase shock, novelty, appearance, or illustrative consequences. Example- Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day' Thou art more lovely and more temperate… (Shakespeare, Sonnet #18) Purpose- This is one of Shakespeare’s many extended metaphors. He is comparing someone to a summer day, and in doing so he uses many comparisons. This example of figurative language makes a more intense effect on the reader. Irony- Verbal- This type of irony is when something is said while something else is actually meant, similar to sarcasm. Example- “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man” (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Purpose- This sarcastic remark is used to show that Brutus is actually the opposite of what is said. Dramatic- Dramatic Irony is when the audience realizes something that the characters in a irony, example, purpose, something, shakespeare, hamlet, characters, brutus, actually, yet, type, story, show, said, occurs, language, know, god, figurative, expected, dramatic, death, day, audience, world, wishes, while, weary, victory, verbal, unprofitable, under, thoughts, thou, thee